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Hualien Hualian in Taiwan TAIWAN taiwan. hualien-hualian Informations and links Hualien Hualian Map Hualien Hualian Photos Hualien Hualian Population on 31-Dec-04 : 109324 ------------------------------- Hualien City (Chinese: Hanyu Pinyin: H?ali?nsh?; Wade-Giles: Hua-lien; POJ: Hoa-li?n-chh?) is the capital of Hualien County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. It is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. According to The Record of Hualien County, the place was originally called Chilai (??), but this name was abandoned by the Japanese in early 20th century because it sounds like "despise" in Japanese and used Hualien instead. Hualien is an approximate homonym of Huilang (??), which means "recurring waves (of the Pacific Ocean)". The Spaniards tried to mine gold in Hualien in 1622. Permanent settlements began in 1851, when 2,200 Han Chinese farmers led by Huang A-fong of Taipei arrived at Fengchuan. In 1875, more farmers, led by Lin Cang-an (???) of Yilan, settled at Fengchuan. But by the time of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), when Hualien City, along with the rest of Taiwan, was ceded to Japan, there were still not many settlers in Hualien. In about 1912, the city expanded to Guohua and Guoan Villages, a region later known as Old New Port. Around 1923, the city continued to expand to Aolang Port (???), today known as New Port, including Guowei and Guoji Villages. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1946 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within the governing structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issues continue to be the relationship between Taiwan and China - specifically the question of eventual unification - as well as domestic political and economic reform..
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